The Spook School Release New Single 'Margins'

Trailblazing Scottish indie-pop band The Spook School are proud to reveal their defiant new single ‘Margins’, set for release on 13th November 2026 via Alcopop! Records.

A loud and proud trans anthem that sees the band refusing to be pushed back to the margins of society while the very existence of trans people is debated without their voices even having a seat at the table, ‘Margins’ is another hugely important track from one of the UK’s most timely and urgent acts.

Commenting on the new single, vocalist/guitarist Nye Todd says:

“I wrote this song shortly after the For Women Scotland UK Supreme Court decision. I was feeling angry and more than a bit hopeless, and then saw a video of a speech by Carla Antonelli—Spain’s first trans Senator—speaking in opposition to calls by the Spanish nationalist party Vox to repeal a law protecting trans people.”

“It’s such a powerful speech that is full of rage and humanity. At the end, she closes by saying: (in Spanish) ‘That is what you want, to push us back to the margins. But let me be clear: we will not go back to the margins!’. The same week I was at a protest, and heard so many other trans people sharing similar sentiments. The lyrics of this song are my way of trying to pay homage to that speech and to the strength and belief that transgender people can’t be erased.”